Even the eyes on Guan Chaosheng's middle-aged face were covered with scarlet bloodshots, from the faces of these people around Jia Cong, Jia Pingqun saw what is called "subordinates' love for leaders" and "the charm of leaders", and he was in awe!

Taizhou is a county-level area in Yangzhou, where salt is also produced, and the two Huai areas, Guan Chaosheng followed Yangzhou to patrol the salt royal history Lin Ruhai a few years ago, how could a staff member and a stove household know each other?

In modern terms, Guan Chaosheng is the secretary of the director of the Jiangsu Salt Administration Bureau, and Jia Pingqun is a part-time worker or contractor in the salt factory.

So are the two just acquaintances in their positions?

Not only is it that simple, as mentioned above, Guan Chaosheng is a native of Shanyin, Shaoxing Prefecture, and belongs to the Eastern Zhejiang School.

The representative of the Eastern Zhejiang School is Huang Zongxi, Huang Zongxi inherited Wang Yangming, and what is the Taizhou School? A branch of Wang Yangming's psychology!

The reason is the same lineage!

Not by chance, but by necessity.

So all this is not surprising, Wang Yangming is the only one after Confucius in the annals of history, surpassing the emperor, standing on the ground to become a saint, his doctrine, has such a great charm, divided into countless branches, but also let the lowest people, can flash the brilliance of human nature, thought, a saint, Wang Shouren deserved.

"Brother Shanhai, you have to recuperate, please rest assured, all this is our family......" Liu Zhiyuan stepped out of the threshold of the room with a crying voice, it seemed that he was really sad, he was not even walking absent-mindedly, and he didn't pay attention to the people outside the door, and his back was gloomy out of the post gate.

"If you go at such a young age, alas, ......" The latter one came out was Shen Sanguan, the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, followed by Ren Qihuo, a big salt merchant, and others, all of whom were worried, but only dared to mumble quietly.

The strange thing is that Shen Sanguan's sadness seems to be true, and the expressions of Ren Qihuo and the others inadvertently flash with schadenfreude.

When the three of them went in to meet them, they saw Jia Cong on the soft couch, dying, and his loyal attendant Sun Fu weeping beside him, and when they came in, Jia Cong's pale mouth trembled, extremely excited, trembling, and raised his right hand weakly, as if to grasp something that was about to pass away.

Those melancholy eyes! That eternal righteousness! The public loyalty to the country and the people, the appearance of bowing and dying! The blood of the moment when the dying sick sat up in shock! How can you not bring tears to your eyes?! Oh my God! Open your eyes and see!

Jia Pingqun...... This official has heard of it for a long time...... Ahem, I've heard this name for a long time...... You are the stove of the Lianghuai salt farm...... Is it? Remember that there are a lot of guest pools and stove pavilions below you......" Jia Cong slowly closed his eyes: "The salt merchant has a lot of pools...... It's not easy for you stove households...... How many dignitaries and ordinary people in the world are counting on your salt......"

A few years ago, when Jia Cong came to Yangzhou, he mentioned that the two Huai salt farms, the merchants' called Benchi, and the stove households' called Kechi, which also shows that the stove households have a certain degree of salt farm power, and the salt farm is not completely controlled by the salt merchants, and the stove households have an advantage, many people have joined the Taizhou school, coupled with this cultural cohesion, Jia Cong can break the salt merchants, leave some people, and then let the stove households and obedient salt merchants hold the salt tickets, so as to reduce the price of salt, but also strengthen the government's control.

"My lord......" Although it was the first time they met, Jia Pingqun came over excitedly, and then half-squatted down and held Jia Cong's hand: "My lord, don't talk, your body is ...... urgent."

"No, no, no...... If you can fulfill your heart's wish, what does it matter if you die? Tell me about the situation over there......

"Your Excellency...... Most of the stove households are still bitter, strictly monitored by the salt merchants, they have a banner, every day according to the flag to cook salt on the hour, according to the time when the flag is put down, leave on the hour, not to cook more salt, count the day to give money, and then have time to listen to the grass people's lectures, in the past few years, the grass people have also met a lot of readers......"

"This is the power of your stove households, the miners and stove households are the most miserable, but no one can exterminate your ......"

"It's all adults who work hard to dredge the river, otherwise the canal won't work, and the stove households won't be able to make a living......

"So you have to use this newly issued salt ticket well, and the Liu Gong Guild will give you ......"

Jia Pingqun left with tears in his eyes, leaving Liu Ting to talk, Jia Cong said that he was very grateful for his silver, Liu Ting came over in person, and respectfully pulled the quilt on Jia Cong on the sickbed, "My lord, the matter of military pay is ......."

There is a clear difference between the battalion system and the guard system, the Ming guard system is like this, divided into the garrison army, the tun army grows grain, and the defenders also give the tun army themselves, self-sufficient, Zhu Yuanzhang once was complacent about his own idea, saying "it doesn't cost a grain of rice to the people", but during the orthodox years, the Ming Dynasty was founded for more than 70 years, and the number of military households in the Ming Dynasty was: more than 1.6 million.

This fact has already shown how embarrassing and incompetent the system is.

Military households fill the guards, inherit from generation to generation, the number is not enough, and arrest relatives, old and weak soldiers, gather in one place, the Ming government gave military households preferential exemption of this cake, can not be cashed for a long time, plus the noble and lowly, the government from top to bottom corruption, the commander occupies the land, money and grain of the army, does not want to make money, bribes from all sides, layers of exploitation, how can such an army not perish?

Therefore, the battalion system later had an obvious feature, that is, military salaries.

said a lot, in fact, it is also simple, the battalion system can be summed up in eight words: in the army, still under the nationality of the people.

The army of the battalion system is recruited, so how to recruit soldiers? Two words, give money, and the money for recruiting troops is generally several times that of the guard, so that the army can last forever.

The modern Chinese army is also similar to this model.

Of course, there are drawbacks to the battalion system, and no system can be perfect, but it is better than the guard.

Let's just say that Liu Ting in front of him, he has money, but he has to bribe, but he can't afford to pay soldiers, and he still has to ask the court for military salaries.

"When your guest army came, there was a sum of money and grain, although Gonggong Liu deducted a little, saying that it would be supplied to you from the salt tax, but it would not let the battalion mutiny, listen to my order to close the net, according to the custom, reward for meritorious deeds, five taels of silver per person is indispensable, above the general flag, will be added, cough cough cough cough ......" Jia Cong tried his best to appease.

Liu Ting didn't dare to offend him, tried his best to curry favor, sent money, and sent troops to escort, for fear that as soon as Jia Cong was impeached, he would not be able to sit still, but Jia Cong had taboos and did not accept officers and soldiers to escort him, so Liu Ting took his leave nervously.

After the chief soldier left, Miaoyu who came out from behind the screen sneered, "Except for me, no one knows the real situation, pity your cronies, they all think that adults are going to die......"

"Otherwise, how can you get away with it? I practiced arching horses for a day, and then soaked in cold water all night......" Jia Cong suddenly became vibrant, but his spirit was not as good as usual, and he changed his image just now, and complained bitterly: "I'm really sick, eldest sister...... How about you give me some patient benefits...... Don't hurt others and don't benefit yourself......"

"Phew!" Miaoyu took a sip, suddenly her pretty face was dizzy, and she soaked all night, but she soaked with him, she didn't warm up, so she didn't get sick, Jia Cong was cold and hot, and finally got sick...... On the surface, he is peaceful, but in fact, he wishes Jia Cong was leaving, this scourge...... This shameless man......

She reluctantly kneaded Jia Cong's shoulder, Sun Fu came to report "Yangzhou's grandmother is here", presumably Sanyou was in a hurry, Jia Cong's heart was full of joy, Miaoyu was cold, and the three sisters who were like flowers and jade came over, how much of the patient's welfare did they have......

As everyone knows, when Miaoyu heard it, "anger rises from the heart, and evil grows to the side of the gall", and the jade hand pressed down fiercely......

"Ahh You murdered your husband? ”